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Indian Navy’s Fourth Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvette Launched
May 19, 2015 @ 10:17 AMIndian Navys fourth Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvette, Kavaratti, being built by Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers (GRSE) has been launched by wife of Minister of State for Defense, Inderjit Rao in Kolkata today. Of the other three ships of the same class, INS Kamrota was delivered to the navy in 2014
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Russia To Deliver Seven Mi-171Sh Military Transport Helicopters To Peru By May...
May 18, 2015 @ 09:54 AMRussia will deliver another batch of Seven Mi-171Sh military transport helicopters to Peru by the end of this month, Sergei Ladygin Deputy General of Rosoboronexport was quoted as saying by Ria Novosti Monday. “At the end of May this year Russia will put Peru on the contract next batch of seven cars," Ladygin said
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China Plans To Produce 42,000 Drones
May 11, 2015 @ 01:37 PMThe Pentagon's annual report on the People's Liberation Army (PLA) revealed China's plan to produce nearly 42,000 land-based and sea-based unmanned weapons and sensor platforms. The report released on Friday added that apart from operating many armed and unarmed China drone aircraft, China is also developing long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for intelligence gathering as well as bombing attacks
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Large, Heavily Armed Vessels For Chinese Coast Guard: Report
May 11, 2015 @ 10:32 AMChina is turning its coast guard into the nation's second navy with the introduction of larger and more heavily armed vessels into service, according to US naval intelligence report cited on US military website Strategy Page. China has commissioned at least 60 warships in the year 2014 and it is likely to continue between 2015 and 2016, according to intelligence report, cited by Want China Times on Monday
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AugustaWestland VVIP Chopper Probe At Advanced Stage
May 9, 2015 @ 01:55 PMIndias Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in Agustawestland VVIP chopper deal has reached an advanced stage, Minister of State for Defense Rao Inderjit Singh said in parliament on Friday. The minister said in a written reply to a question, “The investigation is in advanced stage and during the probe, the central investigative agency has sent Letters Rogatory to Italy, Tunisia, Mauritius in 2013 and UAE, UK, Switzerland, Singapore and British Virgin Islands in 2014
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General Dynamics Unveils First Two Peruvian Cayman Armored Vehicles
May 8, 2015 @ 02:01 PMGeneral Dynamics Land Systems Canada unveiled Thursday the two first LAV-II "Cayman" 8x8 armored vehicles of the 32 ordered in mid-2014 by the Peruvian Armed Forces. Speaking at the unveiling ceremony in London, Ontario, Commandant of the Peruvian Navy, Admiral Edmundo Deville del Campo said, “the Cayman will be used to patrol the coast, as well as lakes and rivers, as the Peruvian Marines prepare for expansion next year
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Israel Tests Ballistic Missile Propulsion System For Satellite Delivery
May 6, 2015 @ 11:25 AMIsrael on Tuesday test launched a ballistic missile propulsion system, named "Shavit" for satellite delivery. The missile is used to launch satellites into orbit, that is based on the Israeli ballistic Jericho missile, Haaretz reported
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US Navy’s UCLASS Drone Program Delayed Due To Debate Over Its Primary...
May 5, 2015 @ 12:49 PMUS Navys Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) system has been delayed due to an ongoing debate about the primary role of the drone, the US Governmental Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report on Monday. "Ongoing debate about whether the primary role of the UCLASS system should be mainly surveillance with limited strike or mainly strike with limited surveillance has delayed the program," GAO report said
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Nordea Blacklists Boeing For Nuclear Weapons' Production
May 4, 2015 @ 03:04 PMThe Nordic fund company has blacklisted Boeing as the group is manufacturing and supplying nuclear weapons, Financial Times reported Sunday. Nordea added that the move is due to the groups involvement in producing components for replacement of nuclear-armed Trident ballistic missile submarines in 2014
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2015 French Arms Sales To Be 3 Times of 2012
May 4, 2015 @ 02:34 PMFrance' defense exports is expected to reach more than 15 billion euros this year which is about three times of 2012 and also the highest France has reached in a single year. “French arms exports in 2015 are expected to reach more than 15 billion euros ($17 billion), three times more than in 2012!" Jean-Yves Le Drian, French Defense Minister quoted as saying by Local media
Ukrainian Startup Says AI Drones Could Operate Autonomously by Year’s End
Taiwan Conducts Exercise to Simulate Repelling Chinese Troops from Its Beaches
Dutch Police Donate Armored Touareg Vehicles to Ukraine
Trump Sets 50-Day Deadline for Ukraine Peace Deal
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...